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NBC News is spreading an unfounded conspiracy theory that claims President Trump and newly retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy cut a secret deal that ensured Brett Kavanaugh would be chosen as Kennedy’s replacement. Here is how NBC’s Capitol Hill reporter, Leigh Ann Caldwell, spread this conspiracy Tuesday morning. Her first tweet read:On Kavanaugh pick Kennedy and Trump/WH had been in negotiations for months over Kennedy’s replacement. Once Kennedy received assurances that it would be Kavanaugh, his former law clerk, Kennedy felt comfortable retiring, according to a source who was told of the discussions. Then she tweeted this: Furthermore, the five names Trump added to his list of Federalist Approved judges last November was to get Kavanaugh on that list. The other four names were considered cover, per source. In other words: the decision has been baked for a while[.] Then she got around to the truth, which is that this is nothing less than a conspiracy, a … [Read more...] about NBC News Spreads Conspiracy Theory About Secret Trump-Kennedy SCOTUS Deal

Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE A majority of Americans believe the Republican-led Senate should vote on President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the November midterm elections, undercutting the Democratic argument that it should be delayed until after the pivotal fall elections, according to a new NBC News|SurveyMonkey poll. More than six in 10 Americans, or 62 percent, said Trump's nominee, who will be announced on Monday, should be confirmed or rejected before the elections in which control of the House and Senate are at stake. About three in 10, or 33 percent, said the Senate should wait until after the elections, the poll found. Sixty-six percent of Democrats and 60 percent of Republicans said Trump's nominee would be an important factor in their vote in the midterms. However, less than half of independents, 46 percent, said it would be on their mind when casting their November … [Read more...] about NBC News poll: Most want vote on Trump Supreme Court nominee before midterms

Two recently released polls on the Florida U.S. Senate race between incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) are showing mixed signals in this highly competitive Sunshine State contest. A CBS News-YouGov poll taken last week and released Sunday morning showed Scott with a five-point lead over Nelson among likely voters.“Most Florida voters like the job Scott is doing as governor, he has a 61 percent approval rating among registered voters,” Anthony Salvanto, Jennifer De Pinto, Kabir Khanna and Fred Backus wrote in a CBS News story about the poll. “In addition to strong support from his own party, most independents approve of the job he’s doing (as do about a third of Democrats). Scott currently leads Nelson among independents. The two are effectively tied among Hispanics.” An NBC News-Marist poll also taken last and released on Tuesday shows a different result when responses are tabulated from “registered … [Read more...] about Polling Mixed on Florida Senate — CBS News-YouGov: Scott +5, NBC News-Marist: Nelson +4

Family detention centers could reach full capacity soon, considering the current rate of families crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, NBC News reported. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers contain 3,335 beds, but 420 parents and children have been entering the U.S. daily, according to NBC. At that rate, full capacity will be reached in eight days and it is not certain how many beds are in use now. Even if new beds are found, the Department of Health and Human Services reported that families in the U.S. who have already been separated are likely to continue being separated for now, NBC reported. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday afternoon to halt the family separation policy. … [Read more...] about NBC News: Family Detention Centers Could Hit Full Capacity in 8 Days

NBC allowed lying bigot Joy Reid to co-host an MSNBC town hall event on “Everyday Racism in America” Tuesday night, just hours after Roseanne Barr was fired by ABC for a racist tweet. During the past few months, it has been discovered that on her personal blog, Reid regularly and relentlessly engaged in the worst kind of homophobia imaginable. While some may be willing to forgive bigoted rantings that are now ten years old, just a few weeks ago, Reid repeatedly lied in an attempt to cover up her bigotry.Worse still, in a desperate attempt to cover up her anti-gay rantings, Reid sent everyone in the media on a wild goose chase looking for the hacker she invented to blame — the shadowy figure who broke into Reid’s blog and published all this awful stuff. Reportedly, Reid also lied to the FBI with her false hacking claim. By the way, lying to the FBI and filing a false report is a crime — you know, if you are a conservative. NBC News’s allowing a lying … [Read more...] about Nolte: NBC News Taps Lying Bigot Joy Reid to Co-Host Town Hall on Bigotry